Punching-bag apparatus.



N.v W. WHITE. PUNGHIN G BAG APPARATU APPLIOATIN FILED AUG. 27, 1909.4

990,467. I Patented Apr. 25, 191:1.

WITNESSES z 1HE Naums PETERS caA, wnsmwcmn, n. c.

NICHOLAS W. VJ'HITE, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

PUNGHINGr-BAG APPARATUS.

Application led August 27, 1909.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, NrcHoLAs W. l/VHITE, of Syracuse, in the county ofQnondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulPunching-Bag Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a punching bagapparatus; and it consists in the combinations and constructionshereinafter set forth and claimed.

ln describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure l is an inverted plan of the ceiling of my punching bagapparatus. Fig. 2 is a section of part of the ceiling, the punching bag,suspended from the ceiling, being also shown. F 3 is a fragmentary viewillustrating the track from which the bag is suspended.

rlhe ceiling l of this apparatus is formed with a tortuous track, andthe punching bag 2 is suspended from the ceiling by means movable alongthe track when the bag is struck. As here shown, the ceiling is formedwith a tortuous slot 3 opening through upper and lower faces of theceiling l, and the bag1 2 is suspended by a part 4 movable along theupwardly facing tracks 5 on opposite sides of the slot and connected tothe bag by a cord G extending through the slot, the part 4 being hereshown as a ball of greater diameter than the slot. Preferably, thetracks 5 are interrupted at predetermined points in order that the part4 will drop to the floor when it reaches said points, and as here shown,these interruptions are passages 7 of greater width than the slot 3 andthe part 4 in order that the part 4 will pass therethrough when itarrives at one of the passages 7. The ceiling l may be constructed andsecured in position in any suitable manner and is here shown as securedto beams 8, and as spaced apart therefrom by parts 9.

ln operation when the bag 2 is struck, in addition to swinging andrebounding from the ceiling in the ordinary manner, it will travelrelatively to the ceiling and consequently the operator cannot judge inwhat Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 191i.

Serial No. 514,863.

direction the bag will rebound, and will be compelled to follow the bagin order to strike it, thus quickening the eye and exercising the legsand lower portion of the body as well as the arms and shoulders. Whenthe part 4 arrives at one of the passages 7 the bag will drop to thefloor, these passages 7 being usuallv located along the slot in placeswhere it is dflicult to corner the bag.

vWhat l claim is l. A punching bag apparatus comprising a ceiling,provided with a track facing upwardly, a punching bag, means forsuspending the bag and a part slidable on and supported on the upperface of the track, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A punching bag apparatus comprising a ceiling provided with atortuous track, a punching bag, and means for suspending the bag fromthe ceiling including a part coacting with the track, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

3. A punching bag apparatus comprising a ceiling having a tortuous slot,and tracks on opposite sides of the slot, a punching bag, and means forsuspending the bag from the ceiling through the slot comprising a partmovable along the slot and engaging the tracks on opposite sides thereofand a cord connecting said part and the punching bag, substantially asand for the purpose described.

4. A punching bag apparatus comprising a ceiling having a tortuoustrack, the track being interrupted at predetermined points, a punchingbag, and means for suspending the punching bag from the ceilingincluding a part movable along and supported by the track and a cordconnecting said part and the punching bag, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

5. A punching bag apparatus comprising a ceiling having a tortuous slot,tracks on opposite sides of the slot, and passages located atpredetermined points along the slot, the passages being of greaterdiameter than the width of the slot and interrupting said tracks, apunching bag, and means for suspending the punching bag from the ceilingtesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the Stateof New York7 10 this 21st day of June, 1909.

NICHOLAS IV. WHITE.

including a part movable along the tracks, said part being of greaterdiameter than the siot'and of less diameter than Said passages and aoord connecting said part and the punching bag, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth. Vitnesses:

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto S. DAVIS, signed my name in thepresence of two at- F. Gr. BoDELL.

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